The front upper wishbones are made of white metal, but according to the instructions they are supposed to be chrome. The 2 pedal brackets are slightly different, but the instructions clearly show which is which. The pedals and pedal brackets are supposed to be chromed, fortunately the parts are already nicely chromed on the photo-etch fret. Note: This part should be painted as the same colour as the interior of the chassis, the instructions call for aluminium but I found it a bit too bright so I dulled the colour with a small amount of light grey. The chassis bracket I painted with a lighter version of the XF16/Grey mixture I’d used previously. I then assembled pedal box as per the instructions. With the throttle/airbox component I decided to leave the upper and lower sections as bare metal and pick out the piping around the side in matt black. The cam covers and exhaust manifold were painted black as per the references I had. I glued the cylinder heads to the engine block/exhaust manifold section and painted the heads with a darker XF16/Grey mixture. The radiator/nose section I painted with the same XF16/Grey mixture as the gearbox, this part is later glued to the front of the chassis so I made sure the cut out area was clear of any flash/moulding defects.
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